Overview
- City officials urged residents in known slide paths to leave, closed Thane Road at noon Friday because of high risk, and opened emergency shelter at Centennial Hall.
- The National Weather Service posted Flood Watches across much of the Panhandle, with 1–1.5 inches of rain forecast in the north and 2–4.5 inches farther south, locally near 6 inches.
- Snow is changing to rain on Friday as freezing levels rise, with strong southerly winds expected in the southern Panhandle and gusts up to 50–60 mph near Ketchikan and Metlakatla.
- Juneau and the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida issued a joint disaster declaration this week, and the Governor’s Office provided a verbal state declaration to speed support.
- Crews are clearing storm drains and monitoring avalanche zones after December’s roughly 82 inches of snow caused roof collapses and at least eight sunken vessels, with additional rain likely into early next week.